US Patent 10282874 Efficient time-series histograms

A method for constructing histograms may include receiving a set of data values, wherein the data values are two-dimensional or three-dimensional and the data values contain at least one measurement over time; creating a plurality of bins in memory, wherein the plurality of bins are log-linear bins using two significant digits base 10; creating a zero bin representing the number 0; placing non-zero numbers of the set of data values into the plurality of bins; and generating one or more histograms using the bins.